Show Business: THE ROAD

Hie facet Arthurus Rex quondam Rex que futurus.

So read the inscription on King Arthur's tombstone, according to Sir Thomas Malory. The King would, at some indeterminate date, return to life and reign again; meanwhile, Here lies King Arthur the once and future King. It is doubtful that Malory or even Merlin himself could possibly have guessed just where Arthur would make his comeback: that he would appear on Dec. 3, 1960 on the stage of Broadway's Majestic Theater.

He is bringing something more than a Round...

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